Thanks everyone for updates and links. Keep em coming! On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 12:46 PM Gill Davies via NetBehaviour < [email protected]> wrote:
> This is worth a listen - The Inquiry (BBC World Service) - Why are so > many ethnic minorities dying (from Covid 19) in the UK and the US? > https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszl3b > > On Sun, 31 May 2020 at 12:39, Gill Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > >> These are both brilliant, Ruth. Thanks for sharing. Cornel West >> completely nails it. >> >> It's really shocking to see the level of police violence on the streets >> of the US. It's not new, but mobile phones and social media have made it >> more transparent. >> >> I'm hearing news of a 'Black Lives Matter' demo (maintaining social >> distancing) in George Square in Glasgow next Sunday 7 June. >> >> >> >> On Sun, 31 May 2020 at 12:01, Ruth Catlow via NetBehaviour < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 2 powerful short videos circulating yesterday in response to the >>> uprisings against the death of George Floyd. >>> ---------------- >>> 1. Cornel West 5 minute interview on CNN yesterday >>> https://twitter.com/erikstrobl/status/1266552025740906496 >>> >>> "It is a lynching at the highest level, and I thank God that people are >>> out on the streets. >>> >>> The system cannot reform itself. The "black faces in high places" >>> approach doesn't work. These people become too accommodated to the >>> capitalist economy, the militarised nation state, the market driven culture >>> tied with celebrity, status, power, all that superficial stuff that means >>> so much to so many fellow citizens. >>> >>> Meanwhile we have a Neofascist president who doesn't care and a >>> Neoliberal democratic party with no solutions... >>> >>> The masses of black people the precious poor and working class people, >>> they are the ones that are left out and they feel so thoroughly powerless, >>> helpless, hopeless, then you get rebellion. >>> >>> We have choice between non violent revolution, the democratic sharing of >>> power, of wealth, resources, and respect, if we don't get that kind of >>> sharing we are going to get more explosions." >>> ------------ >>> 2. Young activist speaking on the death of George Floyd. >>> https://twitter.com/ToryFibs/status/1266650761754222592 >>> >>> "Arrest the cops, charge the cops, charge the all the cops...in every >>> city across America where our people are being murdered." >>> ----------- >>> >>> Thanks for the exchange Max and Michael. >>> Max stay safe! >>> >>> Michael I have been very struck by the power of your recent protests >>> locally re the government's shocking handling of Covid-19 - it's obvious >>> that their resonance comes from the political solidarity that you have been >>> building through regular protests against racism in your hometown. >>> >>> Respect! >>> Ruth >>> >>> -- >>> Co-founder & Artistic director of Furtherfield & DECAL Decentralised >>> Arts Lab >>> +44 (0) 77370 02879 >>> >>> *sending thanks >>> <https://www.ovoenergy.com/ovo-newsroom/press-releases/2019/november/think-before-you-thank-if-every-brit-sent-one-less-thank-you-email-a-day-we-would-save-16433-tonnes-of-carbon-a-year-the-same-as-81152-flights-to-madrid.html> >>> in >>> advance >>> >>> *Furtherfield *disrupts and democratises art and technology through >>> exhibitions, >>> labs & debate, for deep exploration, open tools & free thinking. >>> furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org/> >>> >>> *DECAL* Decentralised Arts Lab is an arts, blockchain & web 3.0 >>> technologies research hub >>> >>> for fairer, more dynamic & connected cultural ecologies & economies now. >>> >>> decal.is <http://www.decal.is> >>> >>> Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company Limited by Guarantee >>> >>> Registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. >>> >>> Registered business address: Carbon Accountancy, 80-83 Long Lane, >>> London, EC1A 9ET. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >> _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- Co-founder & Artistic director of Furtherfield & DECAL Decentralised Arts Lab +44 (0) 77370 02879 *sending thanks <https://www.ovoenergy.com/ovo-newsroom/press-releases/2019/november/think-before-you-thank-if-every-brit-sent-one-less-thank-you-email-a-day-we-would-save-16433-tonnes-of-carbon-a-year-the-same-as-81152-flights-to-madrid.html> in advance *Furtherfield *disrupts and democratises art and technology through exhibitions, labs & debate, for deep exploration, open tools & free thinking. furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org/> *DECAL* Decentralised Arts Lab is an arts, blockchain & web 3.0 technologies research hub for fairer, more dynamic & connected cultural ecologies & economies now. decal.is <http://www.decal.is> Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. 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